California Bar Journal
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - JULY 2001
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PUBLIC COMMENT

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Fee scaling amendment

Modifies Rules and Regulations of the State Bar Article I, Section 7.1 to change the fee scaling application deadline from Feb. 1 to March 15 of the membership year for which scaling is requested.

SOURCE: Committee on Administration and Finance
DEADLINE: Aug. 1
CONTACT: Elyse Cotant, Director, Member Services and Information, 180 Howard St., San Francisco 94105-1639; 415/538-2326; fax 415/538-2361

Trust fund rules change

Proposed change to Rule 4.2 of the Rules Regulating Interest-Bearing Trust Fund Accounts for the Provision of Legal Services to Indigent Persons to require audited financial statements from all applicants with gross annual expenditures that exceed $300,000. The current threshold is $750,000.

SOURCE: Legal Services Trust Fund Commission
DEADLINE: Sept. 1
CONTACT: Judy Garlow, Director, Legal Services Trust Fund Program, 180 Howard St., San Francisco 94105-1639; 415/538-2529